1SHPSORT(1)                         shapelib                         SHPSORT(1)
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NAME

6       shpsort - rewrite a shapefile sorted by a field or by the geometry
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SYNOPSIS

9       shpsort infile outfile field[;...] [<(ASCENDING|DESCENDING)[;...]>]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Rewrite a shapefile sorted by a field or by the geometry. For polygons,
13       sort by area, for lines sort by length and do nothing for all others.
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OPTIONS

16       infile input shapefile
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21       field[;...]
22              one or more fields to use for ordering
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AUTHOR

28       shpsort is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam.
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SEE ALSO

31       dbfadd(1), dbfcat(1), dbfcreate(1), dbfdump(1), dbfinfo(1),  shpcat(1),
32       shpcentrd(1),    shpcreate(1),    shpdump(1),   shpdxf(1),   shpfix(1),
33       shpinfo(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1)
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37                                   July 2020                        SHPSORT(1)